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w0nderer

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11. i fully support 15/h and bernie and more i support working living wage (which is more than 15/h)
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:29 PM
Oct 2015

That being said
i am working poor (2 jobs 60+ h/week)
i spend some time on busses from work 1 to work 2 and work 2 and home (what i don't bicycle)...that's downtime unless i read a book or play a game
i spend time on what lunch i get, and funnily i can chew and read at the same time
i can even walk to work and read a book as long as i'm careful at crosswalks

If you pay a 'lot of tax' are you in fact 'working poor' or are you stating that compared to 'what you make' you pay a lot of tax?

Just curious

actually working living wage was about 4 years ago or so defined at 17/hours
defined as
healthcare and afford to use it (just paying premiums is one thing...how about the rest?)
dental care
visual care
pension
roof
food
power
water/heat/garbage/disposal sanitation
transportation
clothing
entertainment (small amount)
at the 2010 to 2015 (approx 9% loss of value of dollar if not more during that time) the $17 should read $18.53
or mine should read $9.50 to 10.36 (and at that i make more than minim wage as you can see)

Good luck too, i support him, i'm not allowed to vote, but i do help groups where i can.

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This may sound weird [View all] w0nderer Oct 2015 OP
I found this to be true for me as well Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #1
Cricket Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #2
5 meg or 5 gig? w0nderer Oct 2015 #9
:-)) so glad i'm not only one w0nderer Oct 2015 #3
It's a nice thought, but instead I'm thinking that PatrickforO Oct 2015 #4
Wish I could rec this post. malokvale77 Oct 2015 #8
i fully support 15/h and bernie and more i support working living wage (which is more than 15/h) w0nderer Oct 2015 #11
No, not working poor. Was, but not now, thankfully. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #14
Sorry w0nderer Oct 2015 #15
forgot to say w0nderer Oct 2015 #16
I'm currently working poor Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #17
Yeah, I probably ought to say that in my post to which you replied PatrickforO Oct 2015 #18
No worries nt Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #19
sad to see you with us w0nderer Oct 2015 #20
Yep! Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #21
touching on a big thing there (transport) w0nderer Oct 2015 #23
Tracfone has a bunch of cheapies. MADem Oct 2015 #5
My grandson says that after having had a cell phone for a while, he realizes that all he really djean111 Oct 2015 #6
he might want to hit a used comp store for a cheap desktop/laptop w0nderer Oct 2015 #12
I still have a landline because my "retiree" bundle of internet, phone, and TV djean111 Oct 2015 #22
:-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #25
Look into refurbished phones NV Whino Oct 2015 #7
. astral Oct 2015 #10
:-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #13
I buy an iPhone every few versions and manage to trade in the old one. But I have found that LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #24
for older ipod touch (1 2 gen) ipad (1g 2g) and iphone 2g 3g w0nderer Oct 2015 #26
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